Rear-End Collision -- Neck And Back Injuries -- History Of Disc Disease -- Binding Arbitration -- $224,000 Award

Negligence/Auto

Rear-End Collision -- Neck And Back Injuries -- History Of Disk Disease -- Binding Arbitration -- $224,000 Award

Brief Statement of Claim: This claim arose from a rear-end collision while the plaintiffs' vehicle was stopped. The plaintiffs were a 64-year-old female driver and her 63-year-old husband.

Principal Injuries (in order of severity): Both plaintiffs had a history of degenerative disk disease. Both suffered neck and back injuries, requiring cervical diskectomies.

Special Damages: Husband, past medicals of $49,000; wife, past medicals of $28,000

Tried or settled: Binding arbitration

County where tried or settled: Mecklenburg

Case Name and number: Charles and Sadie Squires v. Baker

Date Concluded: Winter 1999

Name of Judge: n/a

Amount: Husband: $124,000; wife: $80,000

Insurance Carrier: Allstate

Expert Witnesses and areas of expertise: Bruce Darden, M.D., orthopedic surgeon

Attorneys for plaintiffs: Troy J. Stafford of DeVore, Acton & Stafford, P.A., and Paul J. Williams, Charlotte

Other Useful Info: n/a

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